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Tag Archives: Barbara MacDonald
When we are free: a ramblers’ anthem
Today would have been Barbara MacDonald’s 108th birthday. She would have enjoyed the song When we are free by her granddaughter Anna Tanvir. Continue reading →
Posted in Access, Dartmoor, India, Music, Ramblers, walking
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Tagged Anna Tanvir, Barbara MacDonald, Dartmoor, Indeceltic
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Farewell to Dehradun
For the last five months I have enjoyed gigs from Dehradun, India Continue reading →
Posted in India, Memories, Music, Uncategorized
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Tagged Anna Tanvir, Barbara MacDonald, Dehradun, Indeceltic, lockdown, Maninder Singh
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Unforgettable Bar
I like to remember my friend Barbara MacDonald on her birthday, 28 August. She would have been 107 this year. This is what I said at her post-funeral gathering in her home village of Moretonhampstead on Dartmoor on 30 September … Continue reading →
Posted in campaigns, commons, Dartmoor, Dartmoor livestock, National parks, Open Spaces Society, Ramblers, Uncategorized
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Tagged Barbara MacDonald, campaigns, common land, Dartmoor livestock, Meldon reservoir
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A Story for Mukti
On the late Barbara MacDonald’s 106th birthday I write about her daughter’s book of letters from her lover, Indian thespian Habib Tanvir. Continue reading →
Posted in Memories, People
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Tagged Barbara MacDonald, Habib Tanvir, India, Jill MacDonald, Naya Theatre
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Barbara was always there
My friend Barbara MacDonald would have been 105 today. I remember her devotion to the Dartmoor cause. Continue reading →
Posted in Access, campaigns, commons, Dartmoor, Dartmoor livestock
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Tagged Barbara MacDonald, commoners, Dartmoor National park, livestock, military training, Sharp inquiry
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Feisty Barbara’s anniversary
Today would have been Barbara MacDonald’s 104th birthday. I particularly enjoyed her humour. Continue reading →
Posted in campaigns, Dartmoor, Uncategorized
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Tagged Barbara MacDonald, cartoon, Stan McMurtry
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What should we tell the children?
My fighting friend Barbara MacDonald (1912-2002), aptly known as ‘the red-haired rebel’, would have been 103 today, 28 August. Last year I celebrated her birthday by publishing her powerful poem about wilderness. This year I have reproduced her polemic of 1974, What should we … Continue reading →
Posted in Access, campaigns, Dartmoor, Dartmoor livestock, wild country
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Tagged Barbara MacDonald, campaigns, children, Dartmoor, development
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